Books: Anthro/Archaeo Mysteries

Slightly OT, but two books I recently published of interest to Fortean readers:

The Dwarfs of Mount Atlas: Collected Papers on the Curious Anthropology of Robert Grant Haliburton
This book collects the papers and letters to publications that Haliburton (a Canadian lawyer) wrote while building a case for a legendary tribe of pygmies in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. (Letters by critics and supporters are also included.) Haliburton used the folklore he collected to theorize generally on dwarf survival elsewhere, including Europe and South America.

Iron Age America Before Columbus, by William D. Conner
Conner has continued the legacy of the late Arlington Mallery (author of Lost America) in investigating the origins of the unusual iron furnaces found in southern Ohio and elsewhere. Conner argues that the evidence points to a pre-Columbian Old World visitation as a source for these sites.

OT: Mystery Rock in Ohio

The Ohio man who found the rock thinks it looks like a turtle head, and may have been carved by the Moundbuilders. A Cincinnati museum archaeologist thinks it is just a natural artifact, not carved. A Muskegum College geologist thinks he sees tool marks on the rock. The debate continues... (News source, and here.)

It's Not the Yeti that Gets You...

It's the brain swelling. A medical condition due to low oxygen levels may be responsible for numerous deaths on Mt. Everest. (News source.)

OT: Kiffian Culture

A team searching for dinosaur bones found a Kiffian culture archaeological site in the Sahara. (News source.)

"The people were healthy. Several skeletons show signs of healed fractures. One man was nearly two metres tall. But who they were is a mystery. The graves were flooded for centuries and the bones fossilised. They aren't likely to yield DNA that will help answer the question."

OT: New Atmospheric Molecule

Scientists have discovered a new atmospheric molecule with two hydrogen bonds, unusual properties, and that helps the atmosphere break down pollutants. (News source.)